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Arctic Monkeys Share Video for New Song “Body Paint”
Arctic Monkeys have shared a video for “Body Paint,” a new single from The Car. Directed by Brook Linder, the visual was filmed in London and Missouri. Check it out below. The album was written by Alex Turner and, once again, produced by James Ford. Arctic Monkeys recorded the LP at Butley Priory in Suffolk, RAK Studios in London, and La Frette in Paris. The Car includes lead track “There’d Better Be a Mirrorball,” as well as a song titled “I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am,” which the band has been playing live this year. The Car follows 2018’s Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, which arrived five years after their fifth album, AM. That record hit No. 1 on the UK charts, as did all of its predecessors, and set a 25-year record for the fastest-selling vinyl in the country, beating Liam Ga...
DRAM Announces New Album What Had Happened Was, Shares Song
After recently dropping the song “Wham,” DRAM has announced a new album: What Had Happened Was will arrive October 27 via the rapper and singer’s own label, Waver Records. He’s also sharing the new single “Let Me See Your Phone,” which was co-produced by Rory Farrell and Chiiild. Check it out below. What Had Happened Was is DRAM’s third studio album overall and the follow-up to his 2021 record Shelley FKA DRAM. The new LP will find DRAM leaning “heavily into his soul side” and exploring themes of mental health, fame, grief, and personal relationships, according to a press release. Last year, DRAM changed his moniker to Shelley FKA DRAM to acknowledge his birth name and better embody the self-reflection process that went into creating his album of the same name. He’s since decided, however,...
PnB Rock’s Suspected Killers Charged With Murder
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of PnB Rock, The Associated Press reports. A third suspect is at large, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. One of the suspects, a 17-year-old boy, was arrested and has now been officially charged with one count each of murder and conspiracy to commit robbery, as well as two counts of second-degree robbery. The second suspect who got arrested is a 32-year-old woman named Shauntel Trone. She faces one count of accessory after the fact. The 40-year-old Freddie Lee Trone is the suspect who is at large. Freddie Lee Trone, who is the teenager’s father, has been charged with one count of murder and conspiracy to commit robbery and two counts of second-degree robbery. PnB Rock, whose real name was Rakim Hasheem Allen, was ...
BTS’ Label Has Filed a Criminal Complaint Against Person Who Spread ‘Ill-Intentioned’ Rumor Online
BTS‘ label, Big Hit Entertainment, shared a statement to Weverse on Thursday (Sept. 29) revealing that it has filed a “criminal complaint” against an unidentified individual who was spreading rumors online about the group. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Our company regularly initiates legal proceedings against perpetrators of malicious activities related to BTS, including defamation, personal attacks, sexual harassment, the spread of groundless information, and ill-intentioned criticism. We would like to provide an update on these activities,” the statement began, noting that they found the individual who was spreading posts with “personal attacks and defamation” via their “monitoring initiatives” and with the help of BTS’ fanbase, AR...
Defected Records’ New Owner Wez Saunders On Protecting The Label’s Legacy: I’m Not Here To Reinvent The Wheel’
On a late summer morning in London, Wez Saunders walked into work at the Defected Records headquarters and greeted his staff as he has for years. But on this otherwise normal day, something felt different: “Just for a split second,” Saunders recalls, “it was like, ‘Wow, I own this now.’” On August 23, Defected announced that its founder, Simon Dunmore, was stepping down as CEO, with Saunders, who has been with the label in various roles since 2014, acquiring the music company and all its subsidiaries. (Dunmore will stay on in a new role as A&R consultant.) Though Saunders had worked closely with Dunmore in running Defected’s day-to-day operations, there’s a pressure in taking over a label with so much history. When Dunmore launched Defected in 1999, its first release, Soulsearche...
Steve Lacy Tops Hot 100 Producers Chart for the First Time
Steve Lacy rises to No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 Producers chart (dated Oct. 1), becoming the top producer in the U.S. for the first time, thanks to three charting hits on the Billboard Hot 100 that he solely produced. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Bad Habit” ranks at No. 2 on the Hot 100, followed by “Static” and “Dark Red” at Nos. 82 and 95, respectively. “Bad Habit” holds at its highpoint with 37.8 million radio airplay audience impressions, 19.6 million official streams and 2,000 sold in the U.S. in the Sept. 16-22 tracking week, according to Luminate. The single rebounds for a fifth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart and becomes Lacy’s first Radio Songs top 10 (13-8). “Static” rises 94-82 in...
Ed Sheeran Must Face Trial Over Accusation That He Copied Marvin Gaye Song
A federal judge says Ed Sheeran must face a jury trial over whether he stole key pieces of his “Thinking Out Loud” from Marvin Gaye‘s iconic “Let’s Get It On,” rejecting the British singer-songwriter’s efforts to toss out the long-running copyright case. Sheeran’s attorneys argued that the lawsuit – filed by an entity that owns a partial stake in Gaye’s famous 1973 song – was invalid because the combination of simple elements the singer allegedly stole was not unique enough to be covered by a copyright in the first place. But in a ruling on Thursday, Judge Louis Stanton said there was “no bright-line rule” for deciding such questions and that the pop star would need to make his arguments before a jury of his peers. The decision sets the stage for a blockbuster trial at a Manhattan federal ...
Saturday Night Live Season 48 Cast Guide: Everything We Know About SNL’s New Cast Members
Since its inception in 1975, Saturday Night Live has seen many people come and go from its cast. The comedy show’s massive influence on American pop culture has thrust many cast members into the spotlight, generating generation after generation of influential stars in entertainment. Following the recent departure of eight prominent members of Saturday Night Live’s cast, the comedy show’s 48th season will introduce four new cast members on October 1st. Making their Studio 6H debut this week are Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker — here’s everything to know about SNL’s newest cast members. Molly Kearney [embedded content] Related Video American actor and standup comedian Molly Kearney comes from Cleveland, Ohio. After starting their career as a stand-up i...
Arctic Monkeys Share Lovely New Song “Body Paint”: Stream
Arctic Monkeys have a hard conversation with a liar on their new song, “Body Paint.” This latest preview of upcoming album The Car finds the Sheffield squad in introspective lounge lizard mode over sparkling piano and slowed-down drums. “For a master of deception and subterfuge,” Alex Turner sings to open the song, “You’ve made yourself quite the bed to lie in.” Despite Turner’s previous remarks that this album will be “louder,” “Body Paint” suggests that they’re still interested in beauty over bangers. He tells his partner, “So predicable, I know what you’re thinking/ I’m watching your every move, I feel the tears are coming on.” Whatever excuses they may have, he doesn’t want to hear them. Over pained strings, he laments that his interlocutor remains stained from...
Bryan Fuller on New Docuseries Queer for Fear and How Hannibal Is “Explicitly Queer”
In working on the new AMC documentary series Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror, director/executive producer Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) was excited to dig into all the facets of storytelling around this genre — including the way in which queer themes have been hidden within mainstream works for centuries. “As somebody who grew up used to the codes, and faced obstacles in my own career as a storyteller with queer representation, and having that eradicated or suppressed by studios or other creatives who just felt that the world wasn’t ready for queerness in that regard… I have a great affection for the codes of queerness, because there’s so much about being queer that is already coded,” he tells Consequence over Zoom. In fact, he says, that affection for codes ended up having a big inf...
NYFF Review: Bones And All Sucks the Marrow Of Its Horrific Premise
This review is part of our coverage of the 2022 New York Film Festival. The Pitch: Something’s a bit off about Maren (Taylor Russell) — when we first meet her, she looks like an ordinary teen just trying to finish high school and fit in with her new environment. But it’s not long before a get-to-know-you sleepover (and a torn-off ring finger) reveals her for who she is: an “eater,” someone with the insatiable need to consume human flesh. Fed up with the constant moving and the pressure of looking after such a dangerous girl, her father (André Holland) abandons her one morning, leaving only her birth certificate and a cassette tape detailing his account of their early years together. The rest, as he narrates, is up to her. Related Video Thus begins her odyssey to track down her long-mi...
Watch Ed Sheeran Perform With David Guetta at Ushuaïa Ibiza
David Guetta shocked fans with a superstar special guest this week at Ushuaïa Ibiza. This summer, Guetta has been bringing his patented “F*** Me I’m Famous!” branded event to Ushuaïa every week since June. With only a few more shows to go before he shuts the door on this year’s residency, he recently caught fans off-guard by bringing out four-time Grammy-winning artist, Ed Sheeran. Sheeran, one of the most streamed artists of all-time, performed “Bad Habits,” his chart-topping dance hit produced by none other than Fred again... Check out the footage shared by Guetta below. Fortunately for those looking to see more of Sheeran’s cameo, a fan in the crowd recorded a longer video of his performance alongside Guetta. “This is a f***...
